Cooker.



A1 R. THOMPSON.

` cooKER.

APPLlCATlON HLED FEB 9, Q26- l 192.@43, Patented Oct. 24,1916.

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A TTORNE Y A. R. THOMPSON.

COOKER.

APPucATloN HLED FEB.9.1916.

Patented Oct. 24, 1916- 3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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I ATTORNEY A. R. THOMPSON.

COOKER.

'APPLICATION FILED FB.9.1916.

l ,202,243 Patented Oct. 2&1, 1916.

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A TT'ORNE Y narran erases earners torsion LBERT R. TIOMPSON, OF SAN JGSE, CALIFORNA, ASSEGNR T0 ANDERSON- BARNGROVER MFG. C0., F SAN JGSE, CALIFORNIA, A CORPORATON Ollil CLIORNIA.

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1,202,24123. A Specification of Letters atent. Pmgqgne@ @6ta 2% glg Application lef February 9, 19M?. Serial No. 732,128. To all whom t may concern.' type in which the can path is so arranged Be it known' that l, ALBERT ll. THoMrsoin and directed as to have maximum length a citizen of the United States, residing at consistent with .minimum floor-space clinica 55 San Jose, in thecounty of Santa Clara and sions of the box in which it is laid. State of California, have invented certain To this end my invention consists in the nen7 anduseful Improvements in Cookers, novel cooker which. I shall now fully deor' Whichthe following is a specification. scribe, by reference to the accompanying My invention relates to that class of cookdrawings, in whichso ers, for use in 'the canneries, in which thc Figure l is a vertical, longitudinal seclillecl and closed cans are rolled along a. tion-'0f my .000161`, on the line fa-92 of path within a heated box. ln cookers of Fig. 2, the cover ol the box being omitted.

' this type, in addition to the recognized ad- Fig. il is a top plan View, broken, of the vantage of a continuous rolling,` of the cans, saine. Fig, 3 is a vertical, cross section, en- 65 namely, a more equal application of the heat larged, on the line 1/-y/ of Fig. 1. Fig. l and. consequentshortening of the time or' is a vertical cross section on the line e-z cook, there has always been the problem of of Fig. l.' Fig. 5 is a vertical section on the obtaining a sul'licicntly extensivecainpath line 'Lo-4@ oi Fig. 1 looking' from the innecessary for cooking, which while giving side outwardly in the direction oit' the arrow 7G capacity to the machine, -will not unduly enon the section-line. .ln this View the chains large its proportions; because economy in and pusher har are omitted. Fig. 6 1s a floor-space is consideration or' prime in'idetail Sectional riew showing; the construcportance. lt is evident, for this reason, that tion of the bearings for all the shafts which a cooker which relatively short and nan are mounted in the sides of the cooker box. row is much to be preferred in comparii lil. 7 is a detail fragmentary View of `the son with one which is relatively long vand endless traveling chain, showing the attachn'ide, even though both may have equal nient of the pushenhars.

capacity and length of can path. niprovel. is a box ha ving a removable ohambercd nient has., consequently, heretofore, Atound cover 2, which is best fitted in a. water seal expression in providing a can-path oit' a torat 3, as shown in Fig'. 3. Suitable means are tuous nature, exannlesoll which are to-andprovided `tor heating the box, as, for eX- fro paths', zig-zag paths andspiral or heliample, a water content fl and steam-pipes 5 cal paths, all of whichgive opportunity for controlled by a cock at 6,. Said pipes beingl a box which will occupy relatively sinall perforated in order to admit live steam. A floor space. lt must be notcd,'howe\'er, that ycontrollable drain for the box is shown at 7, increase of capacity by merely increasing, in Fig. l. i upported Within the box are hy' duplication, the number oit paths, thereby the track-rails 8 which form the can-path. adapting the cocher for plural can-lines, is The rails are all of angle section, those at not improvement of the nature herein coneach side being` of L-section and the intersidered. for this must result in innnoperly Awoning' ones of T-seotion, as Well shown in increasing the proportions of the machine Fig. 3. They are all caried by suitable 1n those dimensions moet undesirable for cross-supports 9.

floor-space economy, namely length and 10 is a fixed guide plate spaced from and width. The increased capacity herein souffht parallel with the track-rails and following one which is the direct result of the maxithroughout their general tortuous path. mum increase in the length of a single con- This plate is carriedby cross supports l0 tinuous can-path, so that not only is the and coaets with the tracks to vsupport and machine restricted in licor-space dimensions, guide the cans in their path. It is a single but is also adapted for the now almost uniplate havinga. width equal to the Width of i.fersal and approved practice ci single can# the whole can-path, overlying the tracklines. y n rails in some courses and underlying them .it 1s the obJect of my invia-ation there in others.

. a tore, to 'provide acoolier or the rolling-can The courses or the can-path as formed bemomes lengths, resulting in the longest possible single continuous path consistent With e given length and Width of the box.

' fi am aware .that to-and-fro can paths in cookers are not new 'per se, and that Such n eouree has been arranged in both horizontal and vertical planes.v l am also aware that o plurality et eide by side, duplicate, independent to-endifro courses have been disposed in everticel plone, ednpted'for plural cen-linee, that is, for e con to pese into, through and out oflone of seid courses only, Without continuing into en adjacent or duplicate course. 'l ein uwer-e else of e single continuous epi rally or helicelly directed cenpeth arranged in verious planes; but I om. not ovvero of e single, continuous. con-path comprising u plurality. of vertically disposed, parallel, .ig-zag cun-peth unite, with connecting se@ tiene. f

The path when formed herein shown end described, with 'the bend nt the crossing-section end having the full height of the pethdui und the'bends et the other end being narrower., is of advantage in that it affords opportunity et the full-height bend to edi .und to deliver Ithe cans with ecclr recy and Without interference from the traveling pushenbars. ieedine the cons :it the inlet 1Q at the proper point in the upper quedrnntnl section of the large bend, each can will roll in behind e receding puslier-ber Withoutobstruction therefrom, directly in front of en upbar; und by delivering the cons at the exit lei et proper point in the lower quedrentnl Section ot' said bend, each con tends by grey fity to roll outwardly, as it has not reached e point of equilibrium. rllhe path et its other end, not having these considereu tions, can be directed in its zig-zeg course by the plurality of narrower bends,

claim l. cooker comprising e heating box With con inlet und a can outlet and having Within it e con path throughout Whose lengththe eens progress from the inlet to the outlet, eaid path being formed of a plurality of parallel zig-,tag units the successive courses of euch of seid unite lying ell in the suine plone perpendicular to the base of the box, find the end of one 'unit being joined to the beginning of the succeeding unit by u. crossing section of the path; and means for ad vnncing the cons throughout the entire length oi seid path.

A cooker comprising n` heating box with e' can inlet and con outlet and having Within it :1. con path throughout Whose length the cone progress from, the inlet to the outlet, said path, being formed of a plurality of parallel zig-zug units the successive courses of euch of seid units lying all in the same plane perpendicular to the base of the box, and .the lower end of one unit being connected with the upper end of the succeeding unit by en inclined Section of the path; and menne for advancing the cans throughout the entire length of seid path.

3, A cooker comprising a heating box with e can inlet and e. can outlet and having with' in it e can-path throughout whose length the cans progress from the inlet to the outlet, said path being formed of n plurality of parnllel zigzag units the successive courses of each of seid units lying all inthe seme plone perpendicular to the bese of the box, and the end of one unit being joined to the beginning ot the succeeding unit byleprossing section of the path, seid peth being composed of spliced truck-mile and e single plete spaced trom-end following the course of seid rails and having a width equal to the Whole Width of path Within the box; and ineens for edvancing the cene throughout the entire length of seid puth.

il A cooker comprisingga e, heating box with e een inlet und e een outlet and having-f vvitlr in it e. can puth throughout Whose length the cans progress from the inlet to the outlet, seidjpath being formed of n plurality otpeu ollel zig-zegrmits the Successive courses of eech et seid units lying all in the seme pleno perpendioulerto the bese of the box, and the lower end of one unit beine; connected with the upper end 'of the succeeding' unit by en inclined section of lthe path, seid path being composed of spaced track-rei s and e single plete spaced from and following; the course of seid rails and having e Width'equel to tho whole Width of path Withinl the box; und menne for advancing' the cans throughout the entire length of said path.

5. A' cooker comprising; a hetinfr boXWith o can inlet und o een outlet, and having Within it a cen-path throughout Whose length the cans progress from the inlet to the outlet, said path being formed of e plurality of parallel zig-Zeg units the successive course, of each of seid units .lying all in the some plone perpendicular to the vbose of the bou, and the end of one unit being; joined to the beginning ot' the Succeeding unit by "a crossingfeection ofthe path, seid path at its crossing section end having e bend equal in height to the full height of the unit end et its other end having a plurality of narrower bende with an intervening;n return bend; and ineens for advancing the cans throughout the entire length of said path.

6. A cooker comprising oy heating box having Within it o can-path throughout Whose length the cons progress 'from the inlet to the outlet, said path being formedof e plurality of parallel 'Zig-zug units the Successive courses of each of seid units lyin all in the seme plane perpendicular t0 the ose'of the box, und the end of one unit being joined to the` beginning oi' the succeeding unit by uv crossing section of the path, said path et its crossing section having a, bend equal. in height to the full height of the unit and et its othell end having e plurality of narrower bendsV with an intervening return bend; :L traveling series of pusher-bars following the Course of said path to advance the cans therethrough; means for admitting the eens to the cen-path at e polnt 1n the upper quadrentel section of its ull-height bend; and means for momes delivering the cans et a poitlinithe lower 10 quedrantel section of said bend.

In testimony whereof I have signed my naine to this speeicatoxl1 in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses;

ALBERT R. THOMPSQN.

-l/l/itnesses.: VMJF. BOOTH,

lx). B. RICHARDS. 

